Little Steps to Literacy

Our Mission

Teaching your child shouldn’t feel like a chore. LitSteps offers playful, age-appropriate literacy resources that build skills naturally — one little step at a time.

About LitSteps

Resources to Love

Books, games, and activities designed to work together — not as random printables, but as part of a meaningful progression.

You’ll find:

  • Engaging, hand-drawn illustrations created just for young learners

  • Activities tailored to early literacy stages

  • Real-world connections that help children recognize and talk about what they see

Every resource is designed to move a child from recognizing objects → talking about them → reading about them.

Ideas to Inspire

LitSteps is built on over 20 years of classroom experience across kindergarten, elementary, ESL, and art education.

Our activities:

  • Feel like play — not pressure

  • Build vocabulary naturally through conversation

  • Use movement, drawing, shape hunts, build-a-picture prompts, and hands-on exploration

  • Follow a clear, intentional sequence (starting with Colors, then Shapes, and beyond)

Learning isn’t random here. It’s layered.

Guidance to Teach

You don’t need to become a literacy expert to help your child thrive.

LitSteps provides:

  • Clear lesson rhythms that are simple to follow

  • Confidence-building activities that meet children where they are

  • Literacy checklists to help you notice growth over time

  • Encouragement rooted in child development, not performance metrics

This is a child-centered approach — not a coaching program.
You are guiding. Your child is discovering.

Creator

LitSteps was created by Helen Deasy — a lifelong educator passionate about early literacy, creativity, and meaningful learning experiences.

After decades of teaching young children, Helen saw a need for literacy resources that were:

  • Developmentally grounded

  • Intentionally sequenced

  • Playful but purposeful

  • Beautifully illustrated

  • Supportive for parents and teachers alike

LitSteps was created to fill that gap. Because literacy isn’t a leap. It’s a series of little steps.

The LitSteps Story